Which Native English speakers have the coolest accent?

[Tapeworm]

I was in Belgium and a guy who turned out to be from Glasgow asked me something, and I asked if he could speak English.

[nobody in particular]

ironically the glasgow accent is one of the easier to understand, easy to pick due to how much they stretch the vowels. Mind you my whole family is from scotland. There are some parts of scotland (I think somewhere around dundee or maybe the firth of forth but could be off a good distance) where the accent is so thick even people from Endinburgh and to a lesser extent Glasgow can struggle to understand them. If you want a real head trip visit the outer hebrides. The accent is softer (to my ears since it's closer to my relatives) but most of the people out there are still fluent in scottish gaelic whic sounds odd to English speakers to say the least. It's on my bucket list to head out there.

[Phantom Spunker]

ironically the glasgow accent is one of the easier to understand, easy to pick due to how much they stretch the vowels. Mind you my whole family is from scotland. There are some parts of scotland (I think somewhere around dundee or maybe the firth of forth but could be off a good distance) where the accent is so thick even people from Endinburgh and to a lesser extent Glasgow can struggle to understand them. If you want a real head trip visit the outer hebrides. The accent is softer (to my ears since it's closer to my relatives) but most of the people out there are still fluent in scottish gaelic whic sounds odd to English speakers to say the least. It's on my bucket list to head out there.

I'm half-Scottish and used to live in Glasgow when I lived in the UK, and I still don't understand some of the fuckers there. I find Dundee and Aberdeen accents to be easier. Outer Hebrides doesn't even sound human, lol.

[mphgrove]

Hawk Tuah a southern twang for a female is sexy as hell Tennessee is a great accent

Agree on Tennessee but accents are a total matter of taste. I actually have a fond spot for deep Brooklyn. Also like Black American accents. The discussion of Scotland above is interesting but it is hard to evaluate. My only exposure is movies (e.g., Local Hero) where I absolutely need the English subtitles. Otherwise I might as well be watching a movie in Russian.

[CalvinH]

My wife's, Half Venezuelan and half Italian.


....And yes she might read this later

[njflex]

My wife's, Half Venezuelan and half Italian.


....And yes she might read this later

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[Bevo]

Agree on Tennessee but accents are a total matter of taste. I actually have a fond spot for deep Brooklyn. Also like Black American accents.The discussion of Scotland above is interesting but it is hard to evaluate. My only exposure is movies (e.g., Local Hero) where I absolutely need the English subtitles. Otherwise I might as well be watching a movie in Russian.

You can’t be serious with this? Haha

No nuffin

[Humble Narcissist]

My wife's, Half Venezuelan and half Italian.


....And yes she might read this later

You should never let her read Getbig unless you want her traumatized.

[CalvinH]

You should never let her read Getbig unless you want her traumatized.

She married me, kinda late for that now...

[mphgrove]

You can’t be serious with this? Haha

No nuffin

I like Southern accents. Blacks have a version of Southern in most places. I am talking accent here! Not grammar and semantics. Another example: I enjoy listening to Blacks in NYC who have some Brooklyn mixed in.

[Humble Narcissist]

She married me, kinda late for that now...

Make sure she's asleep when logging on here.

[AbrahamG]

I might throw a couple of nominations from left field.

Obviously I'm Australian so I'd give it an honourable mention. Wouldn't say it's the coolest but if you find yourself anywhere in the englist speaking world besides Australia or New Zealand you'll be able to box above your weight as far as charming the ladies...

 But my 2 would be the boston accent since it's rather unique as far as US accents go. It interestingly has something in common with Aussie accents even though they sound so different - namely is has a non rhotic r at the end of the word - which is to say we don't roll the r at the end of a word. So to other English speaking people it sounds like - for example 'helicoptaa' not helicopter and Bee-a not beer.

The second one is the newfoundland accent. I've heard it a handful of times and depending on who they are they sound like a weird and inconsistent mix of a middle irish accent and a canadian one. Again perhaps not coolest but quite unique.

If you meet a broad there named Karen, think twice before sucking her tits.

[Donny]

I definitely like this accent...

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[galain]

I'm half-Scottish and used to live in Glasgow when I lived in the UK, and I still don't understand some of the fuckers there. I find Dundee and Aberdeen accents to be easier. Outer Hebrides doesn't even sound human, lol.

Outer Hebridean English sounds weird but really nice though. It's very soft. And their version of Gaelic sounds like it has a Welsh rhythm to it that is also nice.

[nobody in particular]

Outer Hebridean English sounds weird but really nice though. It's very soft. And their version of Gaelic sounds like it has a Welsh rhythm to it that is also nice.

Out of interest have you ever heard Manx spoken. I know it's technically a dead language undergoing an attempted revival with the last native speaker passing away some decades ago, but there's a substantial amount of it recorded thank to the last few native speakers that serves as a reference for the pronunciation and a body of written works too. I've heard it once on youtube and I can speak some scottish gaelic (about enough to chat uo a girl or ask for directions or start a fight) and I felt i was able to understand more of it than irish which is more considerably different nowadays..